Record

Performance TitleBritish Legion - Festival of Empire and Remembrance 1937
Performance Date11 November 1937
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersChelsea Pensioners,
WTS (FANY),
WRAF,
QMAAC,
WLMD,
WRNS,
Territorial Army Nursing Service,
Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service,
British Red Cross Society,
St. John Ambulance Brigade,
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service,
Male Staff, British Red Cross Society,
Male Staff, St. John Ambulance Brigade,
RAF,
Overseas Forces,
22nd Armoured Car Company,
London Irish Rifles,
London Scottish,
London Division RA,
2nd Cavalry Signals (Middlesex Yeomanry),
Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets,
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve,
Royal Marines,
Royal Navy,
Training Ship ''Stork'' Boys,
London Divisional Signals,
5th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment,
Kensington Regt,
10th Battalion Royal Fusiliers

Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice,
Rev. E H Thorold - speakers
Secondary PerformersMr F W Holloway - organ
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards:
Coldstream Guards,
Irish Guards,
Welsh Guards,
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards Drums and Fifes,
2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards Drums and Fifes,
2nd Battalion Scots Guards Drums and Fifes,
2nd Bsttslion Scots Guards Pipers,
Royal Horse Guards Trumpeters
ChoirsLondon Choir School,
London Church Choirs
ConductorsMajor Andrew Harris,
Captain J L Hurd,
Lieutenant J C Windram
Set ListMarch: 'The Spirit Of Pageantry', Fletcher (Welsh Guards),
Selection: 'Irish Songs and Dances', arr. Bidgood (Irish Guards),
Selection: 'Lionel Monckton's Songs', arr. Robinson (Coldstream Guards),
'Fanfare of Trumpets' (Royal Horse Guards Trumpeters),
National Anthem: 'God Save the King' (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway),
March and Chorus: 'Pack Up Your Troubles' (Massed Bands),
Regimental Marches: 'We've Lived And Loved Together' (Massed Bands),
'Speed The Plough' (Massed Bands),
'Prince Albert' (Massed Bands),
'Ca Ira' (Massed Bands),
'Yorkshire Lass' (Massed Bands),
'Mountain Rose' (Massed Bands),
'Garry Owen' (Massed Bands),
'Bonnie English Rose' (Massed Bands),
'Wha Wadna Fecht For Charlie' (Massed Bands),
'Men of Harlech' (Massed Bands),
'Blue Bonnets Are Over The Border' (Massed Bands),
'Within A Mile of Edinbro' Toun' (Massed Bands),
'Keep The Home Fires Burning' (Massed Bands),
March and Chorus: 'The Boys of The Old Brigade' (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway),
March: 'The Great Little Army' (WTS (FANY), WRAF, QMAAC, WLMD, WRNS, Massed Bands),
March: 'The Great Little Army' (Territorial Army Nursing Service, Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service, St John Ambulance Brigade, British Red Cross Society, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military),
Nursing Service: (Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service, Male Staff, British Red Cross Society, Male Staff, St John Ambulance Brigade, Massed Bands),
March and Chorus 'Tipperary' (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway),
Regimental March (RAF),
March and Chorus:'Soldiers of The King',
March: 'A Life on The Ocean Wave', (Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Naval Reserve),
March: 'Heart of Oak' (Royal Navy),
March: 'A Life on The Ocean Wave' (Massed Bands, Training Ship ''Stork'' Boys'),
'Rule Britannia' (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway),
March: 'Old Comrades' (Massed Bands),
War Time Choruses: 'The Long, Long Trail' (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway),
'Ship A-Hoy' (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway),
'Who's Your Lady Friend?' (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway),
'Keep The Home Fires Burning' (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway),
'If You Were The Only Girl In The World' (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway),
'Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty' (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway),
March: 'All The King's Men' (Drums and Fifes),
'Land of Hope and Glory' (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway),
Intermezzo: 'In The King's Hall', Grieg (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway),
'Be Strong and of a Good Courage' (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway, London Choir School, London Church Choirs),
Hymn: 'Lest We Forget' (Mr F W Holloway, London Choir School, London Church Choirs),
'Last Post' (1st Bn. Grenadier Guards Drummers),
'The Supreme Sacrifice' (London Choir School, London Church Choirs),
Recitation - 'Ode to the Fallen', L Binyon,
'Reveille' (2nd Bn.Coldstream Guards Drummers, Royal Horse Guards Trumpeters),
Hymn: 'Victory', P Da Palestrina (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway, London Choir School, London Church Choirs),
Recessional: 'Eventide' (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway, London Choir School, London Church Choirs),
'God Save the King' (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway),
Grand March: 'Vivat! George The King', Peter Rex (Massed Bands, Mr F W Holloway)
Royal PresenceHM King George VI,
HM Queen Elizabeth,
HM Queen Mary
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast on National radio.
The Royal party were attended by the Lady Nunburnholme, Commander Harold Campbell RN and the Dowager Countess of Airlie.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1937/63),
Digital Photograph
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1937/63British Legion - Festival of Empire and Remembrance 11 November 1937
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IfasesowpifimBritish Legion - Festival of Empire and Remembrance 19371
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/371Royal British Legion (RBL); 1921-; British ex-service welfare charity
DS/UK/2429British Army; The Band of the Coldstream Guards; 1785-; British army band
DS/UK/553British Army; Band of the Welsh Guards; 1915-; Welsh military band
DS/UK/3017Holloway; Frederick William (1873-1954); English organist, composer
DS/UK/5236Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards (fl 1900s-)
DS/UK/1376British Armed Forces; Royal Air Force (RAF); 1918-; British aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
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